Roots and Shadows
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Roots and Shadows is an English-language Indian novel, written by Shashi Deshpande in 1983.[1]
The novel focuses on Indu's interactions with others in her large family and the manner in which this helps to resolve their future and her own personal crisis.[2]
First generation
- Akka – The female matriarch of the family
- Indu's grandfather
- Old Uncle - Indu's grandfather's cousin
Second generation
- Narmada Atya - Indu's aunt
- Anant Kaka - Indu's uncle
- Govind - Indu's father
- Madhav Kaka and Sumitra Kaki - Indu's aunt and uncle
- Vinay Kaka and Kamala Kaki - Indu's aunt and uncle
- Sunanda Atya and Vasant Kaka - Indu's aunt and uncle
- Saroja - Naren's mother
Third generation
- Indu - Govind's daughter and the main protagonist
- Naren - Saroja's son and Indu's illicit partner
- Jayant - Indu's husband
- Hemant - Anant kaka and kaki's children
- Sumant - Anant kaka and kaki's children
- Padmini - Anant kaka and kaki's children
- Sharad -Anant kaka and kaki's children
- Sunil - Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children
- Lata - Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children
- Geeta -Madhav kaka and Sumitra kaki's children
- Vithal - the adopted Brahmin boy
Fourth generation
- Vishwas - Hemant's children
- Sanju - Hemant's children